---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Establishes that a renewable energy resource shall pay $5.00 per kilowatt of alternating current nameplate capacity for tangible property and $3.50 per kilowatt of alternating nameplate capacity for real property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5967"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5967 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6211cf6-a0bb-45f5-93af-3723677c8d9e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9443397ec061672c0892ae705e7e68381132a232f4a57ff3f9d176a869c25b78"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island HB 5967 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Establishes that a renewable energy resource shall pay $5.00 per kilowatt of alternating current nameplate capacity for tangible property and $3.50 per kilowatt of alternating nameplate capacity for real property.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5967 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5967A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/22/2025)
- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-25** 05/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-28** 05/28/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6211cf6-a0bb-45f5-93af-3723677c8d9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).